How To Cut And Install Hardie Board Siding

This old house general contractor tom silva shares his secrets for working with fiber cement siding.

How to cut and install hardie board siding.

See below for a shopping list and tools subscribe to. To help you get started we d recommend checking out this helpful video which shows you how to cut and install starter strips and how to stagger lap siding for improved appearance. The easiest method to cut the hardie board is that you spot the surface and break the sheet along the marked line. Use the score and the snap tools.

Caulking joints are unnecessary but flashing behind the joints is required. To keep dust to a minimum use a circular saw that s equipped with either a dust collection bag or electric fan that blows dust into a bucket. First make sure you review the hardieplank lap siding installation instructions which contain the information you need for proper installation. Hardie plank siding has a nail line across the top of the board that is 1 down from the top and nails are supposed to fall between and 1 from the top of the board to give the best hold.

This is the same way of cutting the drywall. For a slow but virtually dustless way to cut siding use power shears. Place your hardiebacker cement board on a flat surface and mark your cuts with a straight edge. Any lower and you might see a few nail heads poking through the bottom of the next board any higher and your siding is likely to be loose and.

Cut a piece of 6 inch wide steel coil trim about 1 inch longer than the width of a siding board and place it behind the joint. Score along your straight edge applying firm pressure as you go. In fact you could use a utility knife or a carbide tipped scoring equipment in order to spot the line. James hardie requires that all cut edges must be sealed with paint primer or caulking even if the siding is protected by a j trim.

Place your hardiebacker cement board on the. By lindsay frankel 6 10 2020 1. Join factory edges and place the cut edges against the corner trim boards. When cutting fiber cement siding with circular saw use a blade that has only four or six teeth.

Cutting the haride board.